The Mind of Leonardo: The Universal Genius at Work. Rome, May 1 - August 30, 2009

Area:	Institute
Start:	1 May 2009
End:	30 August 2009
Description:	After having enjoyed terrific success in Florence at the Uffizi Gallery (March 2006 - January 2007) and on the international scene in Tokyo, where it attracted nearly 800,000 people in less than three months, recording the highest daily average through the period 1997-2007, in Hungary and in California, "The Mind of Leonardo" is now being hosted in the prestigious Palazzo Venezia in Rome. The exhibition was conceived and curated by Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science. The exhibition at Palazzo Venezia features some significant art work. They include the well-known "Leda Borghese" and "Leda Spiridon", a "Virgin with Child and St. John" after Leonardo Da Vinci (respectively coming from the Galleria Borghese, the Uffizi Gallery and the Galleria Palatina in Florence) and two outstanding drawings from the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi. The exhibition is also adorned by the extraordinary display of a drawing and two autograph fragments recently discovered in a private collection, bearing witness to Leonardo's studies for the staging of Poliziano's Orpheus dated to 1506-1508.
Link:	brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/menteleonardo/

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